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Thursday, December 2, 2010

December Debut and SECOND EVER ORIGINAL SIN ARC Contest!

You guys made me very happy yesterday! Thanks for all the enthusiastic Original Sin cover love! Since nearly everyone on the planet has already entered the VERY FIRST ORIGINAL SIN ARC CONTEST, I’m going to post the cover here now. Here it is in all Gabe’s glory!

If you haven’t entered the ARC contest, you can still do that up until midnight tonight. And remember, Original Sin is already up for pre-order on Barnes & Noble and Amazon! :p

And now for my December Debut Contest!

Every month all year long, I’ve offered up some fabulous YA debuts novels in my monthly Debut Contests. So now, at my very last *sobs* Debut Contest, I’m going to come clean and tell you, my fabulous followers, the real story.

My truly fabulous agent sold the Personal Demons trilogy at auction on December 22 last year, and shortly thereafter, we found out Tor was crashing it into their fall list. Most books take 15-18 months from book deal to shelves. Plenty of time for revisions, edits and publicity. ARCs are out in the world six months ahead of release to generate some buzz.

That’s how it usually works.

But for Personal Demons, we were on the shelves in less than nine months after the deal, and I was terrified that we’d release and no one would ever have heard of it. So, honestly, these contests started out as a desperate ploy to lure unsuspecting readers to my blog, coattailing other peoples’ fame, to get the word out about Personal Demons. I never anticipated the enthusiastic response to my contests, or that they would grow to be so popular. What amazed me even more was, given the choice of four other truly fabulous debuts or mine, every single winner (with the exception of January) chose a signed copy of Personal Demons. It was humbling—and a little scary. Because, as I started shipping out the ARCs, I was suddenly terrified you’d all hate it and I’d somehow betrayed your trust. (I still get nervous when people tell me they’re reading Personal Demons.)

Some of you have been around since January, entering every single contest. Others are newer to the blog. I want you to know I appreciate every single one of you and am so grateful for your support and encouragement.

But you guys are here to win more books, not hear me blather and get all sentimental, so here we go…

Tuesday I teased you and said that, once again, there were going to be two signed books up for grabs in my very last *sobs again* Debut Contest. One, as usual, is Personal Demons. But I told you the other was a mystery ARC. You guys are pretty smart, so I'm sure most of you figured out that it’s Original Sin! So here's your chance to win the SECOND EVER ORIGINAL SIN ARC!

The rules this month are the same as always. All you have to do to enter is comment on this post by noon (PST) on Friday, December 31st. Nothing fancy, you can just say hi or ask a question. (I love to answer questions, especially about my books!) In addition to commenting (for which you get one point) you can accumulate extra points as follows:

Old blog follower: +3 points

New blog follower: +2 points
Follow me on Twitter (@LisaDez) +2 points
Link to my contest post on your blog or twitter: +1 point
Dedicated post with link to my contest on your website/blog: +3 points
Add me to your blogroll: +2 pointsAdd up your points on your entry, and please remember to tell me how to find you (email address). And remember, there will be no rollover points. Points start new every month.

The winner will be chosen by the randomizer and posted on the blog after noon on December 31st.

Okay, I can't take it. I HAVE to enter this one. :D So "hi!" *waves* and is wondering why Luc could be banished to the background in this cover? Yikes. *breathes* Let me see now, I'm an old follower on here and twitter, will tweet, so that makes 6 entries. Win or not, I can't wait to read it!

You're amazing Lisa :) I'd like to ask a question about the cover for Original Sin although I fear you probably can't answer it. How come Gabe is in the foreground whereas Luc is in the background? It smacks of drama and tension. Has Luc fallen out of grace with Frannie?

I'm an old blog follower and I follow you on Twitter. I retweeted about the contest :)

So I know we asked you a whole bunch of questions but I was wondering how nervous you were about the covers, especially for PD? Obviously they turned out stunning but I think it must be scary having little say on them.

Hey would love to enter, and as you love questions here are mine:) What are your favourite books and did they somehow influence you writing Personal Demons?Haven't read your novel yet, but it is on my wishlist...

I will add to your HUGE list of entrants. +2 I am a new GFC follower (Lexie Hogan)+2 I am following you on Twitter (LexieBookBug)+1 I tweeted about the contest at http://twitter.com/#!/LexieBookBug+2 I added you to my blog roll at http://thebookbug-hogan.blogspot.com/Total points = 7lexie.bookbug(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Oh. My. Gosh. Yeah, I knew about your book since probably the beginning of the month and awaited for it to be out. I read it and loved it! My friend borrowed my copy and finished it in under twenty four hours and fell in love with Luc. Haha that's fine since I'm in love with Gabe xD But thank you for writing such a phenomenal novel with great characters! Also, thanks a ton for giving away another Original Sin ARC ! *squeeeee*

Aloha Lisa... I'm a fan and all for Team Luc. So I must admit it makes me nervous to see him in the background but all good things don't come easily so I'm sure Luc will be ready to fight :DI do LOVE the covers though. I live how they easily relate to one another. I really like covers in series that have a connection and appear to be apart of the same set.

+1 Great giveaway thank you so much I look forward to reading when It comes out have it on my wishlist :)+3 Old follower/latishajean+2 Twitter follower/latishajean+1 Tweeted toohttp://twitter.com/#!/latishajean/status/10732239243444224Total = 7tishajean@charter.net

I love the cover for Original Sin even more than Personal Demons which is saying something because Personal Demons is gorgeous. I think it's the blue tones. I'm a fan of blue. Thanks for the opportunity to win an ARC!

+3 for being a follower+3 for adding this to my sidebar (http://amberinblunderland.blogspot.com/)+1 for commenting= 7

Hi Lisa, I actually have a question. I don't know if you've answered this before, but I'm curious. What is writing for you? What does writing feel like to you? I've heard some authors say is a high, others describe it as some kind of feeling of peace. I am really curious, hope you can answer me! Thanks!

Thanks, Lisa! What a terrifying story! You could throw in Luc and write a great paranormal cliffhanger about your publishing journey! You would make one YA junkie have a very happy holiday with this prize pack! Christmas Angels (good and bad)! I'm an old follower here, on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads (I sound like a stalker). I think that's like +10? Maybe? All I need is ONE LUCKY ENTRY, right? Happy Holidays! Heather hmk10974 @ yahoo .com

AHH! I so can not believe I missed the first Original Sin contest, stupid school work :/But I am sooo not going to miss this chance :)You are truly an amazing author, can not wait for the final copy for this one!

Old blog follower: +3 pointsFollow you on Twitter (@Elzahh1) +2 pointsLink to the contest post on my twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/Elzahh1/status/11010891155767296): +1 point

Hi Lisa,Thanks loads for another giveaway! Personal Demons was AMAZING and I loved how different the 2 POVs were (Luc's and Frannie's). Was it hard to write from the perspectives of the 2 different characters, or did you find that it just came to you naturally? Can't wait for Original Sin, eeeeepp!!! :D

I am an old blog follower: +3 And I follow you on Twitter with @aminablack: +2 Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/AminaBlack/status/12181340413759488 +1 pointAnd added in the blogroll: http://aminablack.blogspot.com/ +2 points

When I purchased Personal Demons I prayed it was good, but was skeptical. I put it in my queue of books to read and forgot about it until I ran out of new material. Now, I feel like a moron because the book is so good, I read it twice in quick sucession, and then read it again. I love the character development, the storyline, everything. Well done.

Hellos! I've been dying to read these books but unfortunately have had no place to read it from (I'm trying to harass my library into buying them) (starving college student and all) so I've extra happy that I've got a chance to win this. New follower: 2Twitter (@Nafizaa): 3Link (1) + Dedicated post (1): http://thebookwurrm.wordpress.com/contests/And 1 for commenting so total = 8.

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